Latest Corrections
Wikipedia Jul 7, 2026 at 02:17 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shayler
- Shayler did not join MI5 in October 1991. Parliamentary and court records place the start of his MI5 service in November 1991.
- Contemporaneous reporting and parliamentary material place the alleged attack in February 1996, not March 1996.
Wikipedia Jul 7, 2026 at 02:16 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_claimed_to_be_Jesus
- This gets the timing wrong. Inri Cristo’s own site and a National Geographic profile say his claimed revelation/awakening as Christ happened in 1979, not 1969.
- The March 26 date is the discovery date, not the suicide date given by major histories. Reliable accounts place the Heaven’s Gate deaths in waves on March 22–23 or, more broadly, in late March before the bodies were found on March 26.
Wikipedia Jul 7, 2026 at 02:16 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Browne
- This portrait is not from 1894. The Library of Congress dates the photograph to 1913.
Wikipedia Jul 7, 2026 at 02:15 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_White_House_shooting
- This is incorrect because Ortega-Hernandez had already been charged and indicted for attempting to assassinate the president in January 2012; his plea deal avoided conviction on that charge, not the charge itself.
- This is inaccurate: Obama was away from Washington, but on November 11, 2011 he was in San Diego, California, not yet on an overseas trip.
- This appears to be wrong: official DOJ and FBI summaries say he bought the rifle from an individual in Idaho in a private sale, not from a gun shop.
Wikipedia Jul 7, 2026 at 02:09 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_XXIII
- The consecration date is incorrect. Official Vatican biographies state that Roncalli was ordained/consecrated bishop in Rome on 19 March 1925, not 25 March 1925.
- This identifies van Lierde with the wrong office. Petrus Canisius van Lierde was a bishop and papal sacristan/vicar general for Vatican City, not the Cardinal Secretary of State.
Wikipedia Jul 7, 2026 at 02:09 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipope_John_XXIII
- The year is wrong. The Council of Pisa met in 1409, not 1408.
- This date is incorrect. John XXIII convoked the council on 9 December 1413, and the council opened at Constance in November 1414, not on 30 October 1414.
Wikipedia Jul 7, 2026 at 01:46 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodora_(senatrix)
- Theophylact’s office was financial/administrative, not leadership of the papal chapel.
Wikipedia Jul 7, 2026 at 01:45 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipope
- Rossano was not part of the Papal States in the mid-10th century. Contemporary reference works describe Rossano as a Byzantine center during this period.
- The parenthetical total is a calculation error. A pontificate lasting 5 years and 324 days cannot total 31 days.
- Verona was not part of the Papal States in 1010. Standard references place medieval Verona within the Holy Roman imperial sphere, not papal territory.
Wikipedia Jul 7, 2026 at 01:44 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_IX
- The month is wrong: Benedict IX’s second pontificate began on 10 March 1045, not in April 1045.
- The Italian place-name is misspelled here: it should be Tuscolo, not Toscolo.
- As written, this caption is chronologically impossible: Robert II of France died in 1031, before Benedict IX’s pontificate began in 1032.
- The expulsion happened in September 1044, but Sylvester III’s pontificate began in January 1045, not in September 1044.
- This first end date is too late: Benedict IX’s first pontificate is dated to September 1044 in the Holy See’s official list.
Wikipedia Jul 7, 2026 at 01:43 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeculum_obscurum
- The end date here is wrong: the run of seven popes plus one antipope was between 896 and 904, not 896 and 964.
Wikipedia Jul 7, 2026 at 01:42 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Clement_II
- Clement II was not the first pope elevated through German imperial influence. Gregory V had already been made pope in 996 after Otto III named his own chaplain Bruno for election.
Wikipedia Jul 7, 2026 at 01:17 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Urban_VI
- The nephew Urban VI tried to use in Naples was Francesco Prignano, called Butillo—not Cardinal Francesco Moricotti Prignani.
Wikipedia Jul 7, 2026 at 01:16 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaver_Synod
- This cites the wrong council. The anti-transfer rule for bishops is Canon 15 of the First Council of Nicaea (325), while Canon 15 of the Second Council of Nicaea (787) is about plural benefices.
- The year is off by one. Standard reference works place John VIII’s synod at Troyes in 878, not 879.
Wikipedia Jul 7, 2026 at 01:14 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bad_Popes
- The book does not profile eight popes. Contemporary and bibliographic sources describe it as a book about seven pontiffs, and the published table of contents lists seven papal profiles.
Wikipedia Jul 7, 2026 at 12:47 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mass_(film)
- The 2000 book’s subtitle was not "The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob." That subtitle belongs to a 2001 Perennial edition; AFI lists the 2000 source book as "Black Mass: The Irish Mob, the FBI, and a Devil's Deal."
- September 18, 2015 was the U.S. release date, not a single worldwide release date. International theatrical dates varied by country, including Denmark on October 15, 2015 and the United Kingdom on November 27, 2015.
Wikipedia Jul 7, 2026 at 12:45 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Connolly_(FBI)
- This is incorrect: Connolly was already eligible to seek parole in 2017, after about nine years, well before one-third of a 40-year sentence.
- That overstates the rule. Federal pension forfeiture applies to more than just espionage or treason.
Wikipedia Jul 7, 2026 at 12:23 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fronde
- This is chronologically wrong: the reception shown is in November 1674, but Condé's exile had already ended in 1659–1660.
- Louis XIV was four, not five, when he became king in 1643.
Wikipedia Jul 7, 2026 at 12:23 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XVI
- It was the National Convention, not the National Assembly, that abolished the monarchy on 21 September 1792 and inaugurated the republican regime.
- The 1783 peace settlement gave France more than Tobago and Senegal. It also restored or confirmed French control over places such as Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Lucia, Gorée, and the Indian trading posts.
- The 2012 DNA comparison did not prove the story true. A later validation study found that the supposed Louis XVI blood and supposed Henry IV head could not be authenticated as Bourbon royal remains.
- Apple describes Franklin as an eight-episode season, not a six-part series.
Wikipedia Jul 7, 2026 at 12:21 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XVIII
- This misidentifies both the ruler and the family relationship. Charles Emmanuel IV was the Count of Artois's brother-in-law, not his father-in-law, and he did not become king of Sardinia until 1796; in 1789 the ruler was Victor Amadeus III.
- This misstates France's frontier under the 1814 treaty. The First Treaty of Paris restored France to its 1 January 1792 frontiers and required it to give up the left bank of the Rhine; the Rhine itself formed much of the boundary, with only limited special adjustments.
Wikipedia Jul 7, 2026 at 12:21 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Tolentino
- The Louvre’s own catalog says its marble Brutus is currently in Tours, not Paris, and identifies it as a 1792 copy by François Joseph Boiston.
- Official Vatican Museums records place major returned Tolentino works in the Vatican Museums, such as the Pinacoteca Vaticana and the Cortile Ottagono, not in the Vatican Gardens.